Revelation, 3
November 1831 [D&C 133]

unto the Children of Ephraim my servents & the boundaries of the everlasting hills shall
trembl at their presence & these shall thy fall down & be crowned
with glory even in Zion

JS revelation, dated 20 July 1831, designated Missouri as “land of promise” for gathering of Saints and place for “city of Zion,” with Independence area as “center place” of Zion. Latter-day Saint settlements elsewhere, such as in Kirtland, Ohio, became known...

by the hands of the Servents of the Lord even the
children of Ephraim & they shall be filled with songs of
everlasting Joy behold this is the blessing of the
everlasting God upon the heads of the tribes of Israel & the richer
blessing upon the head of Ephraim & his fellows
& they also on of the tribe
of Judah after their pain shall be Sanctified in holiness before the Lord
to dwell in his presence day & night
forever & ever & now verily saith the Lord that these things
might be known among you oh inhabitants of the Earth I have sent
forth mine Angel flying through the
midst of heaven having the everlasting Gospel who hath appeared unto
some & hath committed it unto man who
shall appear unto many that dwell on the Earth & this gospel
shall be preached unto every Nation & kindred & tongue &
People & the Servents of God shall go forth saying with a loud
voice fear God & give glory to him for the hour of his Judgement
is come & worship him that made Heaven & earth & the Sea
& the fountain of waters calling upon the Lord day & night saying oh
that thou wouldst rend the heavens that thou wouldest come down that the
mountains would flow down at thy presence & it shall be answered upon
their heads for the presence of the Lord shall be as the melting fire
that burneth & as the fire that causeth the waters to boil oh Lord
thou shalt come down to make known thy name to thine advisary & all
nations shall trembl at thy presence when thou doeth terabl things
things that they look not for yea when thou comest down & the
Mountains flow down at thy presence thou
shalt meet him that rejoiceth & worketh righteousness who remember
thee in thy ways for since the
begining of the world have not man heard nor perceived by the Ear neither
hath the eye seen O God besides thee how great things thou prepared for
him that waiteth for thee & it shall be
said who is this that cometh
[p. 118]

unto the Children of Ephraim my servents & the boundaries of the everlasting hills shall
trembl at their presence & these shall thy fall down & be crowned
with glory even in Zion

JS revelation, dated 20 July 1831, designated Missouri as “land of promise” for gathering of Saints and place for “city of Zion,” with Independence area as “center place” of Zion. Latter-day Saint settlements elsewhere, such as in Kirtland, Ohio, became known...

by the hands of the Servents of the Lord even the
children of Ephraim & they shall be filled with songs of
everlasting Joy behold this is the blessing of the
everlasting God upon the heads of the tribes of Israel & the richer
blessing upon the head of Ephraim & his fellows
& they also on [of] the tribe
of Judah after their pain shall be Sanctified in holiness before the Lord
to dwell in his presenc[e] day & night
forever & ever & now verily saith the Lord that these things
might be known among you oh inhabitants of the Earth I have sent
forth mine Angel flying throug[h] the
midst of heaven having the everlasting Gospel who hath appeared unto
some & hath committed it unto man who
shall appear unto many that dwell on the Earth & this gospel
shall be preached unto every Nation & kindred & tongue &
People & the Servents of God shall go forth saying with a loud
voice fear God & give glory to him for the hour of his Judgement
is come & worship him that made Heaven & earth & the Sea
& the fountain of waters calling upon the Lord day & night saying oh
that thou wouldst rend the heavens that thou wouldest come down that the
mountains would flow down at thy presence & it shall be answered upon
their heads for the presence of the Lord shall be as the melting fire
that burneth & as the fire that causeth the waters to boil oh Lord
thou shalt come down to make known thy name to thine advisary & all
nations shall trembl at thy presence when thou doeth terabl things
things that they look not for yea when thou comest down & the
Mountains flow down at thy presenc[e] thou
shalt meet him that rejoiceth & worketh righteousness who remember
thee in thy ways for sinc[e] the
begining of the world have not man heard nor perceived by the Ear neither
hath the eye seen O God besides thee how great things thou prepared for
him that waiteth for thee & [it] shall be
said who is this that cometh
[p. 118]

During the first half of
November 1831,
JS held a series of conference meetings in
Hiram

Area settled by immigrants from Pennsylvania and New England, ca. 1802. Located in northeastern Ohio about twenty-five miles southeast of Kirtland. Population in 1830 about 500. Population in 1840 about 1,100. JS lived in township at home of John and Alice...

, Ohio, at which the
primary business was planning the publication of a compilation of revelations.
On 3 November 1831, the day after the first
meetings concluded, JS dictated the book’s appendix. This revelation was
intended to be the concluding revelation of the Book of Commandments, but the
printing office’s destruction by an anti-Mormon mob in July 1833 precluded the text’s publication at that
time.

The appendix elaborated on
a number of biblical prophecies and invoked a variety of biblical phrases. It
reviewed end-time events and highlighted their significance for the church and
the world at large.

27 Aug. 1802–11 July 1878. Farmer, stock raiser, newspaper editor. Born in Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Member of German Reformed Church, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Baptized by Oliver Cowdery, June 1829, most likely in Seneca...

copied this text into Revelation Book 1, where it is designated
“72 Revelation recd Nov
3, 1831.”
Sidney
Rigdon

19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...

Area settled by immigrants from Pennsylvania and New England, ca. 1802. Located in northeastern Ohio about twenty-five miles southeast of Kirtland. Population in 1830 about 500. Population in 1840 about 1,100. JS lived in township at home of John and Alice...

27 Aug. 1802–11 July 1878. Farmer, stock raiser, newspaper editor. Born in Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Member of German Reformed Church, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Baptized by Oliver Cowdery, June 1829, most likely in Seneca...